Instructional Methods

Implicit Associations Test: Weight Bias

This validated measure of automatic, unconscious attitudes can be used to measure implicit weight bias. Increasing self-awareness is an important first step in understanding and reducing weight bias.

Overview

The weight bias IAT can be incorporated into existing training modules and/or used in conjunction with other self-assessments that providers and health care professionals can complete to learn about their attitudes toward patients with obesity, such as the Attitudes Toward Obese Persons Scale (ATOP), Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP), Fat Phobia Scale, and Antifat Attitudes Scale (AFAS).